Kids Blog : activities, riddleshttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/tags/activities/riddles/default.aspxTags: activities, riddlesenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)Christmas Guests? Here's a Reading Suggestion!http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2008/12/08/christmas-guests-here-s-a-reading-suggestion.aspxMon, 08 Dec 2008 20:04:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:981UndergroundLibrarian@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=981http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2008/12/08/christmas-guests-here-s-a-reading-suggestion.aspx#comments<p>Are you expecting an influx of children visiting for the holidays?&nbsp; Are you&nbsp;planning ways&nbsp; to keep them occupied?&nbsp; Here&#39;s one idea:&nbsp; Check out a stack of picture books from the library and put them where the kids can have access to them.&nbsp; Of course Christmas books are great for this time of year, but kids like to read about all sorts of things. You&#39;ll know your children best and can look for specific topics, but I&#39;ve discovered that if there&#39;s a big selection available, my 4-year-old houseguests will go through them all.&nbsp; Sometimes a kid wants to&nbsp;want to &quot;read&quot; them by himself, and other times I&#39;m invited to join for actually reading the words --and that&#39;s a great invitation!&nbsp; </p>
<p>Are your visiting kids a little older? Remember riddle books and I Spy books, and nonfiction books about whatever their passionate topic of the moment is!</p>
<p>&nbsp;Advantages to this plan for you:&nbsp; No cost for this holiday entertainment, and fills the spare moment here and there.&nbsp; Advantages for the children: They (and their parents) may discover or be reminded that the public library is a good source for them to use themselves.</p>
<p>Here are some titles I found on Oaklyn&#39;s New Picture Book Shelf today.&nbsp; All these authors have written myriad picture books that would be great to add to your mix. Just come in and browse, or ask us for some ideas!&nbsp; You may click on the picture below to be connected to our catalog info.&nbsp;</p>
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